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Sociological Perspectives On Modernity

Prof. Sambit Mallick · IIT Guwahati

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Lectures

Week 1 : Thematic Preliminaries

  1. Thematic Preliminaries I Video
  2. Thematic Preliminaries II Video
  3. Thematic Preliminaries III Video

Week 2 : Sociological Modernism: Karl Marx

  1. Sociological Modernism: Karl Marx I Video
  2. Sociological Modernism: Karl Marx II Video
  3. Sociological Modernism: Karl Marx III Video

Week 3 : Sociological Modernism : Max Weber (Part I)

  1. Sociological Modernism: Max Weber I Video
  2. Sociological Modernism: Max Weber II Video

Week 4 : Sociological Modernism : Max Weber (Part II)

  1. Sociological Modernism: Max Weber III Video
  2. Sociological Modernism: Max Weber IV Video
  3. Sociological Modernism: Marx vs. Weber Video

Week 5 : Structuralist Interpretation

  1. Structuralist Interpretation I Video
  2. Structuralist Interpretation II Video
  3. Structuralist Interpretation III Video

Week 6 : Western Marxism

  1. Western Marxism I Video
  2. Western Marxism II Video

Week 7 : Synthesizing Modernity and Social Theory (Part I)

  1. Modernity and Social Theory I Video
  2. Modernity and Social Theory II Video
  3. Modernity and Social Theory III Video

Week 8 : Synthesizing Modernity and Social Theory (Part II)

  1. Modernity and Social Theory IV Video
  2. Deconstruction of Modernity: The Feminist Challenge I Video
  3. Deconstruction of Modernity: The Feminist Challenge II Video

Week 9 : Deconstruction of Modernity

  1. Deconstruction of Modernity: Towards Cultural Studies I Video
  2. Deconstruction of Modernity: Towards Cultural Studies II Video

Week 10 : Deconstruction of Modernity: The Postmodernist Critique

  1. Deconstruction of Modernity: The Postmodernist Critique I Video
  2. Deconstruction of Modernity: The Postmodernist Critique II Video

Week 11 : A New Totality

  1. A New Totality I Video
  2. A New Totality II Video

Week 12 : Modernity: India between Two Worlds and Taking Stock

  1. Modernity in India Video
  2. What have we discussed? Video

Live Session

  1. Live Session 19-10-2020 Video
  2. Live Session 06-11-2020 Video
  3. Live Session 12-08-2020 Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Guwahati
Department
Humanities and Social Sciences
Teacher
Prof. Sambit Mallick
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics
Source
NPTEL
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